Seal-tag.



M. B. BEHHMANI SEAL TAG.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 2l. 1916.

1 ,2549 Patented Jan. 22, 918.

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1,; RETURNABLE Z fl'. ma CREDIT l oa EXCHANGE I IF SEAL Is .,I REMOVEDoa MUTILATED MARCUS IB. BEHRMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEAL-TAG.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 191.

Application tiled October 21, 1916. Serial No. 126,868.

' To all Iwhom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS B. BEHRMAN, a citizen of the United States.residing at the city, county, and State ofNew York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Seal-Tags, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a combination seal and tag which is to beattached to an article of merchandise and which cannot be removedwithout mutilation. The device is especially designed to be attached togarments or other articles .of Wearing apparel to prevent unauthorizeduse thereof.

The invention consists of a seal comprlsing a receptacle containinglegend-bearing cards which are displayed to view through openings at thefront and back of the recepta'cle,A a pin adapted to be inserted andpermanently: held in the receptacle, and a string connecting said parts,which string must be cut to remove the seal from the article to which itis attached.

The invention consists further of certain novel details of constructionwhich will be fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is afragment of a garment with my improved seal tag shown as attachedthrough the button holes, Fig. 2

shows the opposite face of the tag, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are views of thetwo detached halves of the receptacle, showing the interior of each,Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section through the receptacle on the line5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view of the insertion pin and. Fig. 7 shows amodification of the pin.

Similar reference characters indicate simi- .lar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring to the drawings` 1 and 2 indicate the two halves or parts ofthe receptacle frame, one of which fits into the other, as seen in Fig.5, and are inseparably fastened together in any suitable mannen rl`heframe pieces have right-angled flanges which overlap the marginalportions of the tagcards 3 and 4 and hold them in place so that thelegends placed thereon are visible through the open 1 spaces at thefront and, back of the receptacle.

At the top of the receptacle is an aperture 6, through which the twoends of the string 7 are passed and then knotted as at 8, or otherwisefastened within the receptacle 'to prevent their being. withdrawn. Aiiaperture 9 is provided at the bottom for entrance of the insert-ion pin10, which pin has an eye 11 in its middle through which the stringconnecting the two parts of the seal is threaded.

Within the receptacle and disposed between the cards 3 and 4 is a filler12, preferably made of card board, which is cut of such size and shapeas to ll the hollow interior of the receptacle and to hold the tag-cardsfirmly in contact with the flanges of the frame. Portionsof the fillerare cut away and removed at the top and bottom, as shown in Fig. 4, toform cavities 13 and 14 to accommodate the knot 8 and the pin 10respectively.

ln fastening the two parts of the seal together, the pin 10 is insertedinto the cavity 14 at the bottom of the receptacle through the aperture9, the diameter of which is just large enough to permit of passage ofthe pin. When the pin is inserted in the receptacle, it will drop downand lie across the bottom of the frame, as shown in Fig. 3, so as toclose the aperture 9 and prevent withdrawal of the string which latteris permanently held in engagement with 'the pin by being threadedthrough the eye thereof.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modied form of pin provided with spring barbs15 which' bend back as the pin is passed through the aperture 9 and thenexpand so as to permanently hold the pin in the receptacle.

In the foregoing description itv will be apparent that when the seal isattached to an article it cannot be removed without mutilation orcutting the string.

Various changes in the formand construction of the device hereinabovedescribed may be made without departing from the scope of thisinvention.

What I claim is:

1. In a tag holder for garments and the like, a hollow member havingopenings at two spaced points and being otherwise closed to preventaccess to its interior, a flexible tie, means to secure one end of thetie in one of said openings, and a pin connected to the opposite end ofthe tie and being of a diameter so as to be insertible in the` otheropening, and of a length to extend across said opening and engaging thewall in which said opening is formed and to be entirely housed withinthe member interior to prevent witht drawal of the pin except by cuttingthe tie.

2. In a tag holder for gannents andthe like, a hollow member, a iexibletie, means to secure one end of the tie on the interior of said member,said -member having an opening, and a pin connected to the other end ofthe tie and being of a diameter so as to be insertible in the openingand of a length to extend across said opening and be housed entirelywithin the member interior to prevent withdrawal of the pm andconsequent removal of the tie except by cutting4 of the tie ormutilation of the member.

3. In a tag holder for arments and the like, a hollow receptacle avingfront and rear openings, display cards in the receptacle for' displaythrough said openings, a

fillerin the receptacle interposed between said cards and havingcut-away parts and said receptacle having openings in register 1 withsaid cut-away parts ofv the filler, a liexible tie having one endextending through one of,said\ openings and secured to the receptacle inthe adjacent cut-away part ofthe filler, and a pin on the other end ofthe tie of a diameter so as to be insertible in the other of saidopenings and of a len .h so as to extend across said opening and eentirely housed Within the member interior to \prevent removal of thepin except by mutilation ofthe member or removal of the tie exceptbycutting the latter.

MARCUS B; BEHRMAN.

